tandoor
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While the former was delicate and thin, the latter was a thick, puffy flatbread baked in a tandoor.
From BBC ● Dec. 29, 2025
Before the crackdown started, the Afghan ran a tandoor business.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 28, 2024
It’s an essential component of some of the dishes at Bryant Ng’s Cassia in Santa Monica, where 20% of the dishes are cooked using a wok or a tandoor oven, both powered by gas.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2022
Sundas, a native of Nepal, was the tandoor chef at the contemporary Indian restaurant, responsible for breads, barbecue dishes and more.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 19, 2021
On it went, down the street, around the corner, in line at the tandoor.
From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini
Veeraswamy introduced the UK's first tandoor oven that decade - and a 1959 menu offers chicken tandoori for the equivalent of 52p in pre-decimal currency.
From BBC ● Jan. 31, 2026
Restaurant diners at this time of year can find Peking turkey, jerk turkey, tandoori turkey and even the French take.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 24, 2025
You can’t miss the charred curds on tandoori chicken, the crisp edges on a lasagna, the ripe flesh of a peach.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 3, 2024
When it comes to Indian dishes, popular non-traditional, “Americanized” foods include butter chicken, tandoori chicken, chicken tikka masala, palak paneer and samosas.
From Salon ● Feb. 24, 2024
When the music comes back on, waiters appear with appetizers and plate after heaping plate of mouthwatering food—biryani and kebabs and tandoori chicken and samosas.
From "Love, Hate & Other Filters" by Samira Ahmed
Meanwhile, masalas will continue to get toasted, meats will continue to sizzle on the tandoors, and ghee will continue to glaze rotis in kitchens all over the world.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 9, 2021
Two glowing tandoors fuel the lunch crowd at this unpretentious downtown standby, but the most affordable option isn’t wrapped in warm flatbread.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 26, 2017
Ananta, the Oberoi Dubai’s Indian specialty restaurant, boasts a show kitchen with traditional tandoors and specializes in North Indian signature dishes, as well as a daily selection of Indian coastal specialties.
From Forbes ● Dec. 29, 2014
